{"id":73865,"date":"2024-03-21T21:15:07","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T21:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/the-crown-leads-bafta-tv-awards-nominations\/"},"modified":"2024-03-21T21:15:07","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T21:15:07","slug":"the-crown-leads-bafta-tv-awards-nominations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/the-crown-leads-bafta-tv-awards-nominations\/","title":{"rendered":"‘The Crown’ leads BAFTA TV awards nominations"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The final season of Netflix royal drama \u2018The Crown\u2019<\/em> led nominations for the BAFTA Television Awards on Wednesday, with a scene from former footballer David Beckham\u2019s docuseries also up for a prize.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u2018The Crown\u2019<\/em>, which dramatises the political and personal events that shaped the reign of Britain\u2019s late Queen Elizabeth, has eight nods at the annual British television industry awards, including four in the acting categories.<\/p>\n

Dominic West, who plays then-Prince Charles, and Elizabeth Debicki, who portrays the late Princess Diana, are among the cast members nominated.<\/p>\n

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\u2018Demon 79\u2019<\/em>, the final episode of season six of the anthology series \u2018Black Mirror\u2019<\/em>, has seven nominations, including in the leading actress category for Anjana Vasan. She plays a shop assistant who has to commit three murders to stop the world ending.<\/p>\n

Crime drama \u2018Happy Valley\u2019<\/em> has six nominations, including a leading actress nod for its star, Sarah Lancashire. Other nominees for that prize include Helena Bonham Carter for biographical mini-series \u2018Nolly\u2019<\/em> and Bella Ramsey for the adaptation of the post-apocalyptic video game \u2018The Last of Us\u2019<\/em>.<\/p>\n

That series and the media dynasty drama \u2018Succession\u2019<\/em> have five nominations each, including in the international category, where they face competition from culinary drama \u2018The Bear\u2019<\/em> and road rage mini-series \u2018Beef\u2019<\/em>, among other shows.<\/p>\n

More than 100 programmes are nominated and 17 out of the 44 nominees in the performance categories received their first nod in the BAFTA Television Awards, which take place on May 12.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m delighted to see so many first-time nominees, so much new and emerging talent and so many debut projects recognised today,\u201d Sara Putt, chair of BAFTA, said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe hope our awards can play a positive role in reinforcing the value of nurturing new talent and ideas, as well as holding a mirror up to stubborn industry inequities,\u201d she added, noting female directors were \u201cstill significantly outnumbered\u201d by male counterparts in awards submissions.<\/p>\n

Nominees for the memorable moment award, which were revealed last week, include a scene from \u2018Beckham\u2019<\/em> \u2013 a mini-series about the British soccer star \u2013 in which David teases his fashion designer wife Victoria to be honest about her \u2018working class\u2019 upbringing.<\/p>\n

Other contenders for the award, the only one voted for by the public, include the announcement of Ncuti Gatwa taking over the lead role in British sci-fi series \u2018Doctor Who\u2019<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u2018At least 8 actors from India & Pakistan were auditioning\u2026\u2019: Humayun Saeed on starring in \u2018The Crown\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n